SA Department for Industry and Skills

1. ABORIGINAL
STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT
NATSIEC 2018
Bill Wilson
& Sandra Van Diermen
South Australian
Department for
Industry and Skills

2. ABORIGINAL
STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT
Governors Aboriginal
Employment Industry
Clusters Program

3. ABORIGINAL
STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT
Aboriginal Student
Engagement and Transition
Initiative
(ASETI)

4. Governor’s Aboriginal Employment
Industry Cluster Program
• Established in 2010 and is an employer led initiative
• Works with over 160 employers across 11 industry areas
• Each cluster is chaired by an influential employer from that industry
• His Excellency, the Hon Hieu Van Le AO, Governor of South Australia, has been
Chief Ambassador of the Program since 2014.
• Since its inception the program has supported 1,194 Aboriginal people into
employment

5. 11 Industries sectors
• Accounting and Finance
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Arts and Culture
• Community Services
• Hospitality
• Defence
• Energy Water and Resources (Aboriginal employment network)
• Infrastructure
• Legal Services (Aboriginal employment network)
• Local Government
• South Australian Public Sector

6. 5 strategic priorities
1. Increase the cultural competency of participating industries, employers and
organisations
2. Prepare and connect Aboriginal job seekers to immediate and future employment
opportunities
3. Create the pipeline of Aboriginal people studying qualifications sought by Cluster
employers
4. Support Aboriginal-owned businesses to grow their capacity and deliver goods
and services to Cluster member organisations
5. Build community connections by promoting the Clusters and their objectives to
Aboriginal people.

7. Priority 1 - Increase the cultural competency of
participating industries, employers and
organisations:
Response
 Cultural Respect Program - In 2016 DIS, in response to feedback from
participating employers on the Clusters Program, DIS commissioned
the development and acquisition of a cultural respect training
program for managers and supervisors of Aboriginal people.

8. Priority 2 - Create the pipeline of Aboriginal
people studying qualifications sought by
Cluster employers:
Response:
 Clusters Cadetship Project 2018 - PwC Indigenous Consulting will
support 40 Aboriginal university students into cadetships with Cluster
member employers.
 Employers will provide a minimum 12-month contract of employment
during which the cadet will undertake a total of 12 weeks of paid
employment. The work provided by the employer is relevant to
university students area of study.

9. Priority 2 - Create the pipeline of Aboriginal
people studying qualifications sought by
Cluster employers:
Response:
Aboriginal Student Engagement and Transition Initiative(ASETI)
• The ASETI brings together key stakeholders from the education,
training and employment sectors to improve coordination of activity
supporting student transitions from school to further study and
employment.
• The ASETI is based on a ‘collective impact ‘ framework

10. ASETI collective impact framework:

11. Priority 3 – Prepare and connect Aboriginal job
seekers to immediate and future employment
opportunities.
Response:
 Community Services Cluster Aboriginal Traineeship Project – Cluster
employers committed to employ 20 Aboriginal people as trainees
with various organisations including AnglicareSA, Uniting
Communities, Relationships SA, Red Cross and others.
 The Cluster partnered with Tauondi Aboriginal College who
developed and implemented a pre-employment program that gave
job seekers work readiness training, resume development and soft
skills required to successfully transition job seekers into traineeships.

12. Priority 4 - Support Aboriginal-owned
businesses to grow their capacity and deliver
goods and services to Cluster member
organisations
Response
Aboriginal Procurement Policy
Office of the Industry Advocate (SA Government)
Aboriginal Business Connect

13. Priority 5 - Build community connections by
promoting the Clusters and their objectives to
Aboriginal people.
Response
Promotional Videos – DIS have commissioned the
development of over 20 videos marketing successful
Aboriginal employees and employers and promoting Cluster
industries.